Volcanic eruptions, landslides, earthquakes, and tsunamis are all events that happen
quickly. Events that occur slowly are weathering and erosion, creating new landforms.
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Earth events can occur quickly or slowly
the lithosphere (thin rocky solid layer includes the continental and oceanic crusts of
the earth as well as the upper most part of the mantle) "floats" on top the
asthenosphere (semisolid layer of rock that flows very very slowly.
the lithosphere is broken up into large plates that love independently (tectonic plates)
these plates float independently on top of the asthenosphere and move as the rock
underneath them flows.
Earths cracks in the crust = boundaries
, The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent,
where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and
transform, where plates move sideways in relation to each other.
Usually, one of the converging plates will move beneath the other, a process known
as subduction. Deep trenches are features often formed where tectonic plates are
being subducted and earthquakes are common at subduction zones as well.
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Plate tectonics and large scale system interactions
Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away by the
motion of water ice wind and living things
changes the shape of materials on earth (rocks soil sediment)
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erosion
The spheres of the earth are closely connected to each other. A change in one
sphere results in a change in two or more spheres.
The biosphere receives sunlight and gases from the atmosphere. It collects water
from the hydrosphere and a living medium from the geosphere.
All four spheres can often be found in a single location. For example, the soil may
contain minerals from the geosphere, moisture within the soil from the hydrosphere,
insects and plants from the biosphere inhabiting the soil and pockets of air present
between the soil pieces. From this, we can conclude that the complete system is what
makes life as we know it.
quickly. Events that occur slowly are weathering and erosion, creating new landforms.
Give this one a try later!
Earth events can occur quickly or slowly
the lithosphere (thin rocky solid layer includes the continental and oceanic crusts of
the earth as well as the upper most part of the mantle) "floats" on top the
asthenosphere (semisolid layer of rock that flows very very slowly.
the lithosphere is broken up into large plates that love independently (tectonic plates)
these plates float independently on top of the asthenosphere and move as the rock
underneath them flows.
Earths cracks in the crust = boundaries
, The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent,
where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and
transform, where plates move sideways in relation to each other.
Usually, one of the converging plates will move beneath the other, a process known
as subduction. Deep trenches are features often formed where tectonic plates are
being subducted and earthquakes are common at subduction zones as well.
Give this one a try later!
Plate tectonics and large scale system interactions
Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away by the
motion of water ice wind and living things
changes the shape of materials on earth (rocks soil sediment)
Give this one a try later!
erosion
The spheres of the earth are closely connected to each other. A change in one
sphere results in a change in two or more spheres.
The biosphere receives sunlight and gases from the atmosphere. It collects water
from the hydrosphere and a living medium from the geosphere.
All four spheres can often be found in a single location. For example, the soil may
contain minerals from the geosphere, moisture within the soil from the hydrosphere,
insects and plants from the biosphere inhabiting the soil and pockets of air present
between the soil pieces. From this, we can conclude that the complete system is what
makes life as we know it.
